Rift Valley fever epidemiology, surveillance, and control: What have models contributed?

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Métras, Raphaëlle ^a,b   Collins, Lisa M ^a,d   White, Richard G ^b   Alonso, Silvia ^a   Chevalier, Véronique ^c   Thuranira Mckeever, Christine ^a   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modeling; Monitoring; Rift Valley fever; Risk assessment; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959384343     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0200     Document Type: Article

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